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VOLUME XXXVI.
MY SWEETHEART.
Do you know my sweetheart, sir*
She has fled ami gone away ;
I've Tost my love, pray tell tue
Have you seen her pass to-day ?
I Dewy blue-bells are her eyes ;
(lohleu corn her waving hair;
I Her cheeks are of the sweet blush rose;
Have you seen this maiden fair?
White lilies are her neck, sir,
.And her breath the eglantine;
Iler rosy lips the red carnations,
touch is she, this maiden mine.
The light wind is her laughter,
The murmuring brooks her song,
Her tears, so full of tender pity,
In the clouds are borne along.
The sunbeams are her smiles,
The leavis her footsteps light;
To kiss each coy flower into life
Is my true love's delight.
I will tell you who she is,
And how all things become Iter,
Bend now, that I may whisper?
My sweetheart's name is Summer."
IDELE'S TRIAL.
A party "f tliree were walking in the
garden. MaJame Fanshawo catne first |
She was a very little old lady, and would i
have made y??u think of a fairy, with |
bur ^old-headed e#tj?\ her glittering
rmffs of white hair, her black eyes,
bright a? diamonds. Iter long hooked i
nose, her sharp curving chin. <
The young lady wilh I er bad a face ]
'ike souie rich-hut d tropical flower ;
.he lips scarlet and wliito; (he lovely t
dark eyes sbiuing. She bad a yellow j
rose in Iter black hair and another at .
her belt. i
The (bird person was a gentleman
ulout twenty-eight, rather pale, but vtry (
handsome and haughty looking.
The three had just left the breakfast ,
table, and came out together for a stro'.i ,
mi maduuic's lovely rose garden. ,
The youug gentleman was madamc's
viii ; the young lady was hrr adopted
daughter. The son by blcod, and the j
daughter by adoption, were to bo mar- |
red in a few weeks.
Madame was not pleaded that it should ,
bo to, but h. r son was his own master ;
and, after all, though she did uot know
who her parents were, Idrle was a girl |
to be proud of. So she submitted with ,
teeming good grace. i
Madame was the first to discover
something unusual and strange in the
rath ahead of them, and hastening on |
with the aid of her gold headed stuff,
.-he readied it before the others, who
were gaiiug into each oth? r's eyes,came ]
up.
What madame had discovered was the (
body of a youth of perhaps fourteen, .
terribly deformed but having a boauti- (
ful face and fair, curling hair. He was
clothed iu a gay velvet suit, tiimmcd ;
with Leo, and wore scarlet hose; und (
hand.-oinc shoes with shining buckles. |
lie lay upon his side, and a knife (
?Ma ciii.|;?ii(r in hia back, whose carved
landlc of silver proclaimed it to be do
common weapon.
Close by wa6 a summer house overgrown
by ro?cs. hono} suckle auJ sweet
briar. j
Madame bent down to look closer; ,
then she uttered a scream and started
back.
' Philip !" she cried. ''Philip, come
hrr<\ It is Cock Robin ; some one has
killed him. Look at the knife in his
side."
Philip Fanshawe stepped quickly between
the girl he loved and thut ghastly
eight.
Rut some fascination drew Idclo forward
She looked once. It was enough.
With a stealthy, shuddering movement i
hci white hand crept, first to the flower I
in her hair, then to the one at her bolt,
and (curing b<>th out, she dropped them
crashed, in the path.
The real name of the murdered boy
was H"bby Reese ; but some one hud
dubbed him Cock Robin one day, and
the iiHUie had Muck to him.
lie was what is called half wilted,
and was the only child of a favorite servaut
of Madauie Fanshswe's. Ho was
a sort of pet of madame, one of whose
whims it had been to dock him in such
Cu^ry as he wore now.
' You had better go into the house,
mother," said l'hilip; "you and Ideh',
and ??ud Riddieto me. This is noplace
for y u "
' Who is to tell his mother ?" cried
madame shrilly. "Nora'll go mud?"
"Tell her yourself. Wuit?here she is
now. She has missed him."
A woman was coming towards them
with her apron to her eyes. She was
crying.
'1 can't fiud my little hid, madatne,"
she said, as soon as she was near enough
* His bed's not been slept in all night.
I'tn n.rn Irritililfil for tlia hilV."
I ? ?? wv*" *'w ? - J And
then, as both Fliilip and Madame
Fanshawo had stepped between her and
poor slain Cork lb/bin, she caught a
j rliuipsc of his blue velvet jacket, and
flung herself pist them like a uiad creature
Idele turned and ran suddenly from
the sound of those frighful screams,
[going straight to her own room and
locking herself in. She had not been
' there long when Madame Funshawo
came.
' Let uio in quickly, Idele," she Raid.
I in an imperative tone. "I must speak
with yoa instantly?iu9tant!y, do vou
Lear ?"
Idele opened the door. Her hair
was tumbled, her eyes were red. She
was trembling.
' Did you wish to speak to me Madame?"
she asked, looking dowu.
And then Madame Funahawe pulled
something out of her pocket and flashed 1
1 it before her. j
CAl
It was a string of carbuncles, each
bead joined to its fellow by a gulden
link.
1 dele glanced at them indifferently
' I had not missed them," she said.
' Where did you find them ?"
Madame advanced into the room and
( hut the door.
"I found ihcra in the summcr-hou-e
near which poor, murdered Cock Robin
lies." she said, in a shrill whisper, and
smiled to see her flowir-like face blanch
i?t the words. "No one saw tbrm,"
he went on. "No one knows where I
found theoi. Go away at oncc. Leave
my house wiihont seeing Philip ngain,
and hide yourself from him from this
day, and I will keep your secret. Stay,
and I will publish it to the winds and
help huut you to your doom." ji
"And only yesterday." said Idele,'
with quivering lip*, "this morning even.!
you called me daughter."
"But I never let you call me mother.
I atn glad of that now."
"Madame, do you believe that I killed |
him ? I ?" questioned Idele haughtily.
Madame tossed the chain of Carbun- I
eles upon a dressing table.
"I have warned you," she said. "Stay I
now at your peril. Exchange but one I
tvord with Philip, and I will very soon '
let you know what I believe." i
She left the room. i
It wus no part of madumo's plans I
hat Idele should r- ully be suspected. 1
l- r
Mic only wauled to separate ncr irom '
Philip. '
Whi-n she fount! her room vacant, i
lie concealed her ubsence at first on a i
[ retence of illness. and then alter a tiuie
;avc out that alio had gone to visit a ]
dative of her own.
Philip, however. Ind to be told ?omc-hing
nearer the trutli. So she told him
where she found the siting of carbun- :
!es, and how Ideic look'd when she i
ihowed (heut to her. lint not a word <
iiorc.
"It is very rtranpe." said Philip. <
wonderinjrly. "I shall scnid her well <
for having scciets Irom me when I God 1
I# ' ?
nor.
"You will never marry her after this?"
iiadnmc asked, with looks of horror. 1
"Why not?" ?
"She must know something about the 1
killing of poor Cock Robin. Pet haps ,
he had gone to the* summer-house to ?
nect a lover, aud the boy saw her."
"What do you mean mother?" 1
"I never thought she was so much in (
ove with you as you with her." 1
Philip's eves flashed. '
"I will search the world over but that '
f will Gnd her." he said. '
Madauic leaned on her gold-headed <
:-:tne and looked at it with a grim fucc (
"Find lor if you can," she thought out 1
did not say. '
Three years passed. Philip had sought '
in vaiu for Idelc. The mystery of her '
disappearance, nnd the mystery of who 1
killed poor Cock Robin, were uiyetcri- 1
uus still.
One night a gang of desperadoes tried '
to rob Funshawe Hall.
They had got into the house, and j!
were trying to get the door of the plate.!
closet open, when Nora Ib-ese, who!1
slept near, heard them nnd went, as still!
us a u.ouse, and waked her master and
some of Hit- men servants.
The robbers had got inside the plate !
closet at:d were piling the silver into a 1
bog they had brought with thcin, when 1
Philip and his men burst in upon them.
A general rush and scramble' followed,
and some shots were fired. The villains
all escaped but one. He was wounded '
but he would scarcely have got away il 1
he had not been; for Nora Reese had 1
sprang upon hint at fiisi, and cluug to
him like a wild cat.
' It's the man that killed my Bobby, 1
and I know it !'' slit* screamed.
The man fouuht her a little at flrst
but when she said that he stopped, and '
leaned against the wall, gasping aud 1
stnrting with staring eyes, whilu the
blood dropped from his wound upon 1
the floor.
"What do you mean ?" he eaid Iiow 1
do you kuow I killed him ?"
"I heard the'others call you Carlo, I
and Carlo was on the knife. I know it
was you !" 1
' Do you rn^nn that truly 7" he suid.
"Yes, I did kill him. I'll own up, for
I boiieve I'm dying myself m?w."
Miilip Funshawe sprang forward and
cuuuht him as bo whs falling, and they
laid hiui petit!y dowu upou the fl or.
"It was the cruelist tiling I ever did,"
he went on regretfully to say.
"It was/' said Philip sternly. "Why
did you kill him ?"
The tuuu stared at Philip
"Why, you're the fellow Idcle was to
have married," he said. Do you love
her yet ?"
"I shall love her till I die !" Philip
answered, setting his lips. "What were
you to her ?"
' I belonged to the gypsy baud who
stole her from her father's house a babe.
I was present when the mudauie took u
fancy to her, urid gave the mail money
to give her up to her. When 1 hour I
she was going to marry you, I thought
I saw uiy way to mako some money. I
pretended to be her fathe: and got her
to meet me iu the summer house that
night to talk it over. She didn't believe
me, but suid she would think ab >ut
wliul I bud said. And then she picked
some yellow rosis, and told n.u if 1
passed next mornitig, and saw her w>ar
tug 8<>me of them, 1 might know she still
refused to believe me.
"After she hud gone I went out and
found the boy there listening, and I
killed him, partly in temper, partly be*
cause I was afraid he would tell what
he hud heard. Poor Idcle ! The sight!
of thut dead boy convinced her I bud
1** luW U* truth, vt I wvvW out Uvu
ADEN, S. C., JANUARY
killed him to keep it from being known;
and she fled from you to avoid betraying
the man she supposed to be her
father."
' Do you know where she is now?"
Philip asked, his face darkening in spite
of hiui.
"She is living with her own mother
as lady's companion. Tier mother is
the widow of Lord Tulliver. They are
tond of each other, but thev do uot
guess the truth. They are at Tulliver
Park in Yorkshire now."
Such was the substance of Carlo's
story, omitting the many interruptions. |
the long pause, caused by his weak and
dying condition.
He died the next day. But he lived j
long euough to complete and attest by
solemn oath all these statements, as
well as to tell where other wituesses to
their truth might be found.
Philip hist no time in seeking his lost
love, aud brought her back to Fanshawe
Hall as bii wife with as little dtday as
possible.
Madame, his mother, was very glad
to sec her.
"I always liked you, my dear. You
know I was as fond of you as I could
he until Philip wanted to marry you,"
>hc said coolly to Idele. "But I had
followed you 10 the summer house that
"""t Rft'nin arao n<\? thonnlv
UU'J VWft IIVI/III ?? ? ' MV? V?V VIMf
listener there. I wonder if that wretch
would have hilled mn if he had found
lie. I believed him when hd said he
was your father, and you know I could
jot let l'hiiip marry the daughter of a
nan like that?a murderer too."
How an American Became nn
Arab Hlieit.
The following, which is claimed to be
? true story, is, if authentic, a powerful
llui-tratiou of the decree in which truth
nay often be stranger than fiction :
About twenty-five years ago aconipuny j
if young men started out from Da in as- I
:us to Jerusalem. They had not gone J
rery far when n band of armed horsenen
surrounded them, and ordered them
o halt. The leader of the band .' aid
he caravan might move on unharmed
f they would deliver up one of their
lumber, a young man named Randall,
vho should not suffer if he would come
ilont; with them peacefully.
After a brief consultation, the terms
were acceded to, and the last look his
ompanions had of him was to sco him
nouutcd on a fine horse, attended by
he gay horsemen of the Bedouin Sheik
>f the Le Arish tribe, which usuilly
winter in tho neighborhood of Damag:us,
and in the summer move south and
astover the great plain, seeking pasurage
and water for their docks and
herd*. Where the escort was to conrcy
Randall he had no conception, b it
tie bood found himself at the Sheik's
ent, and, to his great surpiise, a ting
lificent entertainment awaited him.
With amazement he exclaimed, "What
Iocs all this mean ?"
A riillo ?Ki? SliLIr'd rlunrvlifnr hud I
4 A I liUlU^ ?IIV U u IV- n a uuii^nibi , > ?
<een (lieyoung man, and li'id fallen pas- .
donately iu love with him,and this was .
the wedding feast. The young man and j
Arzilla were married at once. Thero
was no cscap" fur Randall, fur his tent
was faithfully guarded by night nud his
perron closely watched by duy, lest he
should escape, and this guard was kept
over him for years.
He seemed happy with his unsought i
brid'\ for Arzilla proved that her love for
him was more than mere far.cj. Children
were born to them, and their domestic
life was uiarked by kindness,
courtesy and true bffection. Randall
rupiJly acquired the Arabic language,
his wife as readily mastered the English,
and they taught their children both. [
which they speak readily.
Who was this Randall ? In the Slate j
if New York lives his futher, who lias
never seen the face of his son. This
father is now over seventy years of nge,
and has a history almost as romantic as
that of his sou. for he was raised auioog
the Indians nud has traveled over the
Mississippi Valley in search offish aud
game.
W liAti VtV. n>na ftronf tf.Ana vfltiru Af
J J 111*11 llli WUil tl? "V'lH J'^utu VI
age the chief adviacJ him to go to the
white man (In- was voluntarily among
the IndiuiiH,) say injr: 'You can he
more of a man among the white people
ihan among the Indians." lie returned
and secured a Welsh lady lor his wife,
and while she was ou a visit to her relatives
in Wales this son was born. The
mother soon after dying, the boy remained
with his kindred awaiting the
father from this country, hut the father
wus unable to go alter his son. who re - ;
mained in Wales till manhood, and was
taking a trip through Syria when he
was eanturnd bv the Sheik.
^ " I " ^ ^ I
Young Randall was a Baptist, and
through his influence his wife became of |
the same faith, ana their children were ,
nurtured in the same way. Randall's i
son has become Sheik of the tribe, the ;
fathcr iu law having dial.
A dervish, n z-'ulotof the Mohammedan
faith, had for a long time been endeavoring
to stir up opposition und persecution
on account of this new religion.
Ho strove to have Kaudull'ssons thrown
out of the employment of the Turkish
Government, and, though fulling in this
turned his assaults upon a daughter of
the foreigner, and charged |hcr with
witchcraft. She was brought before
the Mcglia, composed of venerable
Sheika and Kffendis, to answer charges
which involved her life. The charges
having been presented and substantia
ted as best they could be by witnesses,
she was called upon to answer the
charges through her advocate. She,
although but fourteen ycuis of age. said,
Most venerable futhors, I will reply in
pwoq." tbco, twldiutf ? biblo in
r 22, 1878.
Iicr han?], froui which she frequently
read. made a 'efcnsc worthy an apostle,
and when she finished, the unanimous
verdict was in her favor. But the old
dervish breatiled vengeance, and determined
to take her life.
This triul was in October. 1871. In
June, 1873, while Keren (for 6uch was
her name) was reaching a class of little
children in a grove, the dervish steathily
approached, and before any one was
aware be bad murdered her and fled.
The fleetest horses of the tribe, with riders
armed, pursued and captured him;
ho was tried and executed. The last
It ttcr from Lady Arzilla Lc Arish lluudall
gave it most touching account of
the trial and tragic dcatli of her daughter,
in which is this sentence: 'Pray
r . ..... i.-? un tlJ
11' I IIIV Uij I'KiJ ilioj wv UP
humble us the violet, as enduring as the
o'ivo. and as fiagant as the orient."
Some members of the family contemplate
visiting this country soon, and
they will substantiate the story to a
doubting public.
The Defense of Sumter.
The Demand fop the Surrender
of the Garrison?Auderaou's
Gallant Reply.
On the morning of the 11th of April,
the dawn of dav disclosed an activity at
once unusual and significant over the
entire harbor. The wafers were covered
w.th vessels hastily putting to sea. An
iron-clad floating battery of four guns,
the construction of wliich in Charleston
had b?*cn watched by the garrison for
mniilhs, was towed down the bay to a
point at the westirn end of Sullivan's
Island, where its guns bore direeily
upon Fort Suniter. A wooden dwelling
on the b'acli. near the etip of the island
was pulled down and unmasked a land
work, mounting four guns, hitherto unknown
to the garrison. Its fire would
enfilade the most iuij ortant battery of
Fort Sumter, which was upon the parapet
of the right flank of the work, and
whose guns were mainly relied upou to
control the fire from the heavy guns on
Cuuitning's.Foiiit, that would take the
fort in reverse. Bodies of troops were
landed aud the batteries on the shore
fully manned, and every preparation
completed, when at 4 o'clock P. M , a
boat uuder a white flag approached the
fort.
Two officials, aidcs-dc-cauip of tho j
general commanding the Confederate '
forces in tho harbor, Colonel Ghesnut
and Captain S D. Lee, were admitted
to the guard room just, inside the main
entrance to the work. They bore a
communication from tho military commandant
at Charleston, and to the follow- |
iug effect; It is stated that the poverunicnt
of ihe Confederate States hid |
hitherto forborne from any hostile demonstration
against Fort Sumter, in the
ilmf lhi> irnnnrnl <y ,vt?rnuient would
t" ' n
voluntarily evacuate it in order to avert I
war, and that there \v is reason to beli
vc that such would have been the I
course pursued, but that the Confederate j
government could no longer d-lay "as- I
suming actual possession" of a fortift j
cation so important to it. Th-i evacuation
of Kort Sumter was demanded in ;
the iiaine of the g vernment of the j
Confederate States. All proper facili-;
ties were tendered to Mujor Anderson
for the removal of himself and his 1
command. He was to take with him
liis company and private property and j
to salute his flag upon taking it down. ;
Culling the officers of tho garrison j
into his private room, ho laid the com- !
uiuuicution before them, and then for ,
the lir.-t time made known to them the I
confidential dispatch from llic governo
ent received a few days previously,
in which their determination to relieve
the fort was expressed, and instructions
in regard to it conveyed. In this communication
authority was given him
to capitulate when ilw necessity of the
case required it. The conference of
the officers was long and earno-t. There
was no thought for a moment of acceding
to the demand for the evacuation of the
fort und the followiog reply was
returned by Major Anderson :
' That t no demand for the evacuation of
the fort was one with which he regretted
that his sense of honor and his obligations
to his povcruuient prevented
his compliance."
On receiving this communication the
Confederate officers left the fort. The
entire interview was characterized by
every courtesy, though more distant
and formal than in previous conferences.
They were followed to the main gate of
the wort hy Major Anderson and the
writer of this article. As they were
about to embark, Major Anderson re
1?1 k.?
IllUltwCU ;il IIICII lll'tll UlUk liu nkluni
he starved out any way in a few days, if
their puns did not batter hiui in pieces,
and this wus repeated more specifically
to the Confederate officers in reply to
their inquiries on the subject. As the
boat returned, the batteries around were
covered with spectators, all anxiously
watchinp the result of the mission."
Ears.
The idea that a person has two cars
merely for symmetry, or to keep his
head from beinp lop sided, has been exploded.
One of the Vienna professors
lias been making some experiments
which lead to tho conclusion that two
ears arc absolutely necessary in determining
correctly the direction from
uhich a sound comes. lie has found
that persous who are deaf in one ear
usually suppose that sound comes from
the direction in which tho sound ear
happens to be turned.
Tilt man who lives for himself alone
lives for a rnusQ felluir.
NUMBER 28
Arlington.
The Arlington estate covers over
1.000 acres, and the Arlington House,
from 1802, was the residence, until his 1
death, of George Washington Parke '
fustis, the adopted son of Gcoigi
Wa.-hingtoo, when his daughter, th<
wile of General Robert 10. Lee, occu- '
pied it until 18G1. General Lee then
h ft it. with his family, to go South and 1
join the CoiifeJeracy. It was soon af- '
ler taken as the headquarters of Geu. '
McDowali, of the United Stales army. and
v.-as held by the military till 1803. 1
when it was sold by the government,
under the direct tax act, for $65 of 1
overdue taxes. The money was tender- '
el by General Lee's friends, but re- 1
fused. It belonged to Mrs. Lee, but
was not ennfiscased, as is generally sup- <
pos"d. General Lee never had any in- i
terest in it whatever, and that of Mrs. <
I.i-n W;is onlv n lit.'* rat.'itn ha h/*r i
death it reverted to GeneralCu.-ti9 Lee, '
who brings this suit of cjoctmpnt. Iu 1
1867 a national ceuictery was formally t
established by the government upon 200 '
acres of the land, in winch there arc
buried nearly 16,000 soldier*, including
a few hundred of the Confederate army.
Over the arch of the carriage en- |
trance is this inscription: "Here rest .
15,585 of the 315.558 citizens who died
in defence of their country from 1801
to 18(55." Bills were introduced into
Congress to pay Mrs. Lee, while she was
alive, for the estate, but came to no vote.
Should General Lee win his suit, the
government would undoubtedly purchase
the property.
A Buried Town Brought to Light
An interesting archaeological discovery
has ju>t been made in Italy?tl at
of a buried town, a new l'ompeii, unexpectedly
found near Maufredonia, at
the foot of Mount Gargauo. A temple
of Diana was first brought to light, and
then a portico about twenty metres in
length, wim columns without capital', >
and, final!)*, a necropolis coveriug 15.000 '
square metres (about three ouJ three <
quarter acres). A large number of in- <
scriptions have been collected, and
some of them have been seat to the
museum at Naples. Tbc town discovered
is the ancient Sipontum of which (
Strabo, Potybeus nnd Livy speak, and .
which was buried by an earthquake. (
The houses are twenty feet below the ,
surface of the soil. The Italian gov- ]
crnmcnt has taken measures to continue ,
the excavations on a large scale. Kvcry \
day some fresh object of interest turns |
up. The latc-t is a monument erected j
in honor of Ponipey after his victory ,
over the pirates, and a large quantity |
of coios in gold and copper. .
Life in Dreary Iceland. ,
Men nnd women, masters and ser- <
vunts, all inhabit the same room, while <
the cleanliness is not much attended to; '
but poor as they are, they 8et an exam- :
pie of cheerful contentuicuf. The beauty <
of the young girls is remaikable; their t
fair hair fulls in long plaits, partially I
covered by a bhek cloth coil, daintily <
worn oti one side of the head, and fin-|<
ished at the top with a tassell of colored |
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which floats on the shoulder. It re*
wild* tho traveler of the Greek head
dress, but the blue eyes, with their ,
sweet, benevolent expression, soon re- ,
call to his mind their Danish origin. ,
I he dress is made of the cloth woven in (
the country, aud on festive days the (
bodice is gaily adorned with silver braid ,
aud velvet, while the belt aud sleeves i
are ornamented with silver devices,
beautifully chased aud often of great
value. On we*- and cold days the shawl
becomes a useful mantilla, und defends
the wearer frout the effects of the frequent
storms.?Chamber*' Journal.
The Wrong Pig.
It is related that a bear and its leader
lately nrrived toward night at a villago
near tho city of Lyons, aud the
latter sought admission into tnc only ,
inn in thu place. The host at first decliucd
to admit tho straoge pair, not
knowing where to put the animal, but
finally he concluded to receive them. The
bear was placed in a pigsty, and its oc
cupant, a tut pig, which was tube killed
on the morrow, was l>*t loose in the
court yard. In the middle of the night
cries of help proceeding from the pigsty
aroused the house, and the host, his
wife und the servants at once ran to the
spot. It was then ascertained that a
thief, excited by the spleudid condition
of the pig, had determined on eloping
with it, and had entered the pigsty with
tlmt luudubU intention. The bear,
| displeased at being suddenly awakened
I by this enterprising individual, rcwar'
ded hiui with a fraternal hug, which
caused the would-be thief to cry out so
lustily. Tho man was delivered from
the jaws of the bear, but only to be
hamled into the nauos 01 justice.
Book Agents.
One of tlic experiences which reconcile
us to death is the existence of book
ageuts. They pet up early and sit up
late. They ring your bell when you
are at dinner, and though you send >
won! that you always cat for three con-;
sceutive hours, they sit down quietly in 1
the hall and wait until you have finished.
Then they insist that you shall buy their
bo"k, in spite of the fact that you have
nlrcady purchased two copies under
similar eircunMunces. because you have
been feeding a hungry public and laying
the foundation of a colossal fortune.
The only relief you can get is in the
suggestions which oouie froui an orthodox
theology. We would not abate the
doctrine of endless punishment a parti*
vie while book ogeoU iul'eit thy earth. <
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A War Anecdote.
A war correspondent of the Richmond
I)!tjjatch says: I hare heard an
old war story, and, by the wey, it is one
of the best of thcni. I had it from a
former officer under Stonewall Jackson.
'On one of our marches in the early
<pnog, when u chilling rain had Dccn
'ailing for days, and the si ish was almost
waist deep, our command, utterly
wretched and broken down, was struggling
along us best it could uuder such
circumstances. Worn out myself, I
crept into a fence corner to rest awhile.
Presently I saw a solitary straggler coning
slowly up the road, lie seemed almost
completely exhausted?lib shots
were gone and his feet cut and LU-cding.
[ was struck with his appearauce, ft-r
through all his wretchedness shone thu
udomitublo spirit of the Southern snllicr?the
man would be at bis post, or
lsc die in the attempt to reach it. I
matched him closely, and M he dragged
limself slowly past, I heard him mutter
0 himself: 'P?n me if I ever love
mother country.1"
The Deacon Answered.
' Up in New Hampshire, where I
ived when a boy," says Gov. Noycs, /
'there was an old deacon who was a
mat deal more pious than honest. He
vas an old hypociite, and, when he had
lone any particularly mean thing, he
cased his conscience by going out into
1 field alongside of which was a stone
wall, and, kneeling beside it, prayed
he Lord to topple it over on him if he
and done anything offensive to him or
jffeiisive in his night. Well, we boys
bund it out, and one day when we saw
he deacon making for the wall we got
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in me Oilier SlUe mm wttibcu. HQ
?nc!t down, according to his usual cus/DtD.
and went through his usual formula,
closing with (he petitiou to have
he wall topple over if he had dooe
injthing wrong. And we toppicd it.
Jumping out from under the stones the
>ld man cried in tones at ininglcJ
iisgust and alarm, "Good gpacious!
Can't vcu tell when a uian is joking V "
Girls.
Girls do not always know their powT.
It is far greater than they think ;
ind were they true and brave enough to
ixert it, they might almost, in a generition,
revolutionize society about them,
fixert your power for good upon tho
routig men who are privileged to enjoy
four society. Gentle and good, be also
>rnve and true. Try to exhibit the
deal of a woman?a pure and good
woman?whose life is mighty as well as
jeautiful in its maidenly dignity and
ittractirc lovliness. Do not let it even
seem that dress and frivolty constitute
pour only thoughts, but let tho elevaion
of your character and tho usefulitss
of your life lilt up the man who
walks by your side. Some of you
ire in intimate associations, which, at.Jer
exchanged promises, look forward
:o a nearer and more enduring relation.
[n these hours do nothing to lower, but
sverything to refine and ennoble each
)thcr's character.
An Aged Apple Tree.
TIiere is standing in the town of
Wethersfield, Conn., an English Pear- ^
man apple tree of mammoth dimensions
measuring, on? foot from the ground,
tcu feet and eleven inches in eircumfer;nce.
It yielded fruit according to trao
iiton, for nearly a century before tho
revolution, was brought from Kogland
by William Tryan, and set out on h a
farm, which has since been divided in- _j?
to smaller ones. Upon one of these
'ections, now belonging to a Mrs, Love- i
land, stands this venerable tree. It ie
in a good bearing condition, having
borne excellent fruit last year.
Six Little Gravestones.
Samuel C. Robertson, dealer in marble
monuments, &c., of this place, has
just finished six small head stones for
tho children of Mr. and Mrs. J. J.
Wood, of Company Shops, whose ages
wero 16. 13, 10 7, 4 and 2 years. Tho
first died September 20th, the others
on October 1st, 4th, 6ih, 7th an! 9th.
All of them died of that frightful docase,
diptheria. The little monuments
look, as it were, liko stepping stoncc,
commencing with the youngest and
gradually going up to the eldest. Such
heavy affliction in one farnilx is scIJotn
heard of.? Greensboro Xort$ State.
No Negroes Wanted.
A telegram dated Philadelphia, December
30, ?ays the contractors of the
Brazil Railroad, received a telegram last
niirl>t fr.im t.h* Ttmsilian Secretary of
? J -State,
stating that colored men would
not be permitted to enter the empire rj
a part of the working forco of the contractors.
Up in Scott county the other day the
people were amazed at a shower of oak
shingles, scraps of harness, snaffle bit,-,
rusty buckles, pitohfork tines and bales
of hay, and they thought the end of the
world had come, but the next day an
old farmer came along looking for'u
spent whirlwind and a two story barn,
and the mystery ceased to be.?/??
liujton Ilaicksye.
Tiik first watch seen in France era*
found among the spoils of the Marqu.a
d-*l Guesto, the Imperial commander,
after the battle of Cerisolcs, A. 1). 1544.
but they were commonly worn beforo
the death of Henry 111. is an orna.
mcnt suspended by the neck.
Thf. man who wrote "I'm saddest
wUu I sing/' wm a foul to atag much.